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The Rorists' Review 



August. 4, 1921 



The Dupont Flower Shop Is in the Heart of the Best Residential District. 



specimens of these rare 



some fine 

 blooms. 



Mr. Grillbortzer recently completed a 

 term of oiiice as vice-president of the 

 American Carnation Society. He was 

 for several years president of the Flo- 

 rists' Club of Washington and has al- 

 ways been quite active in association 

 work. 



Everybody knows "Bill" and 

 "Dolph" Gude, and their store at 1214 

 F street, northwest, is the Mecca of all 

 visiting florists. This firm does a whole- 

 sale and a retail business and is promi- 

 nent in V. T. 1). trade. 



Gudc's roses have taken a number 

 of prizes and their American Beauties 

 are especially well known. All their 

 stock is grown under the supervision 

 of Adolph Gude in the two big ranges in 

 the District of Columbia. He looks 

 .•ifter the big plant at Anacostia, where 

 he makes his home, and the equally 

 Large ])la('e in northeast Washington. 

 All told, this firm has about half a mil- 

 lion feet of glass, producing miscel- 

 laneous stocks. 



William V. Gude is the Washington 

 representative of the S. A. Y. He looks 

 after the distribution of the stock which 

 Adolph Gude produces. This concern 

 is largely a family affair, for William 

 I'. Gude's secretary is the charming 

 Miss Amelia Gude. The wholesale de- 

 j'artment is in charge of Adolph E. 

 <}ude, Jr. Edgar R. Gude, state vice- 

 ])resident of the S. A. F. for the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia, is in charge of the 



cut flower department at the Anacostia 

 range, and his brother, Edwin N. Gude, 

 is in charge of the plant department 

 there. These are "the twins," sons of 

 Adolph Gude, Sr. Ernest F. Gude, son 

 of William F. Gude, is in charge of the 



in Washington, at Fourteenth and I 

 streets, northwest. He belongs to about 

 every known oTdeji', has always been 

 chairman or «)mething-or-other in all 

 florists' events ajiid just now is busy 

 with the Kiwanis Club, the Optimist 

 Club, the Shrine Automobile Club, the 

 City Club — he 's an Elk and about every 

 other .known animal; he's a Mason and 

 a craftsman in other organizations of 

 a similar nature — but space will not per- 

 mit a real catalogue of "he belongs 

 to — " 



If you call on George C Shaffer you 

 will see an attractive store and you 

 will meet a fine • bunch of storemen 

 headed by Brother Arthur Shaffer, who 

 also is in charge of the bookkeeping 

 department. The latter is active in the 

 sports engaged in by the younger flo- 

 rists of Washington and has success- 

 fully managed baseball and basket ball 



teams. 



Residential Retailers. 



The Dupont Flower Shop, in Dupont 

 circle, is in the heart of the best resi- 

 dential section of Washington, but 

 despite his daily contact with members 

 of President Harding's cabinet, foreign 

 diplomats, members of Congress and 

 other notables, Elmer C. Mayberry, 



No Warmer Welcome Will Be Found than That of George C. Shaffer. 



cut flower department at the northeast 

 range. 



George C. Shaffer, affectionately 

 known as "George" to all his friends, 

 and he numbers them by the hundreds, 

 has one of the most attractive stores 



The Proprietor Baptised the Louise Flower Shop with Her First Name. 



manager of the establishment, is just 

 an ordinary, everyday good fellow, with 

 a "glad-to-meet-you" smile. 



The Louise Flower Shop, at Connecti- 

 cut avenue and N street, is the only 

 store in town owned and managed by a 

 woman. Miss Louise Daugherty is the 

 jiroud possessor of this beautiful estab- 

 lishment, located right across the street 

 from the British embassy and on one of 

 the best thoroughfares here. 



This is a daylight shop, fronting on 

 three streets, with large window space 

 always utilized to the best extent. Miss 

 Daugherty pays a great deal of atten- 

 tion to her displays and she gets a great 

 deal of good advertising and publicity 

 as a result. Her bird window, with the 

 live creatures flying around, brought 

 large crowds of the elite to the front of 

 her store. 



Another of the jiroiiiinent Connecti- 

 cut avenue stores is tliat ot' the George 

 H. Cooke Co., located at the corner of 

 L street. It is managed by Edward 

 Niedomanski, son-in-law of the late pro- 

 prietor of the establishment. Mrs. 

 Cooke, who is well known in the florists' 

 industry, having been associated with 

 the various women's committees of the 



